Acute promyelocytic leukemia is characterized by the reciprocal translocation of chromosomes 15 and 17. All-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) efficiently induces differentiation of the abnormal promyelocytes. In this study, we had used ATRA as the primary induction therapy for 17 newly diagnosed patients,
Treatment of refractory undifferentiated acute myelogenous leukemia with all-trans-retinoic acid
โ Scribed by Jennifer J. Griggs; Susan E. Henley; Jacob M. Rowe
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 466 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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